STATE PROSECUTION URGE COURT TO DISMISS RASHID ECHESA PRAYERS

STATE URGE COURT TO DISMISS RASHID ECHESA PRAYERS

By Chris Ojow

Through his Officer of the Court, Evans Ondieki

in the application filed before the Chief

Magistrate Court at Milimani law Court Nairobi

County Kenya, former Cabinet Secretary Rashid

Mohammed Echesa is seeking the lower

criminal Court to issue orders granting him

back his confiscated gun, vehicle and unfreeze

his accounts.

The application filed at Milimani law Court a

week ago seeks the trial court to ignore the

State Prosecution objection on demands of the

items listed and deliver a ruling favoring the

applicant Rashid Echesa in line with the

Constitution Article 27 and 29 the rights of the

accaused.

The defence in their short application informed

the Court that the said luxury, a motor vehicle

make Range Rover, which was impounded four

months ago is not an exhibit in the ongoing

case number 271 of 2020 at Nairobi Milimani

law Court.

Rashid in his brief application also informed the

trial court that he has gone through challenges

since his bank accounts were frozen, rendering

him unresponsible head of family, since he

cannot further provide the basic nessesities for

his suffering family.

The applicant through his lawyer also urged the

Court to issue orders for the release of his

firearm, because by virtue of being a politician

and the Country former Cabinet Secretary in an

influential docket, his life is at a risk, the

applicant further informed the court that his a

registered private firearm holder and his firearm

certificate is valid.

The applicant who was charged in early

February together with his co accused with

various counts on allegations of being involved

in 39 billions arms scandal, where his range

rover at the centre of dispute was confiscated,

reminded the trial court that he’s a law abiding

Citizen and whenever needed, he’s ready to

avail himself before the trial court.

On their brief response to the application

submitted before the lower criminal court at

Milimani Nairobi on Wednesday 27th of May

2020 at 2.16 pm East Africa Time.

The State prosecution urged the trial court to

dismiss the applicant application in totality,

further stressing that the items prayed for the

release in the filed application are exhibit in the

ongoing case with a lot of public interest.

The State prosecution in their response

reminded the court that the Director of Criminal

Investigations established that the vehicle at

the centre of dispute was not registered under

the applicant name, further creating more

confusion which needs the supplier to record

more statements regarding the ownership.

And on the issue of the gun, the State on their

response informed the court that the Detectives

are working in shifts at the firearm licensing

department, hindering the State from receiving

the licensing report on time, due to the

ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The State also in their brief response in black

and white informed the court that, the account

which the first accused in case number 271 of

2020 is insisting to be unfreezed is a subject of

the ongoing investigations since the said

account is also an exhibit in the ongoing

criminal case where the applicant together with

other accused were charged.

The trial court through Senior Principal

Magistrate Kennedy Cheruyiot will deliver a

ruling at noon East Africa Time on Friday 29th

May the year 2020.